Senate Years of Service: 1901-1905Party: DemocratGIBSON, Paris, a Senator from Montana; born in Brownfield, Oxford County, Maine, July 1, 1830; attended the common schools and the Fryeburg…
2,000 Years of the NecktieParis Presents Designer Ties by David Johnson NECKTIESTHROUGH THE AGES Introduction • 210 B.C.China's First Emperor • 113 A.D.Did Romans Wear Ties…
(Encyclopedia) Matthew of Paris or Matthew Paris, d. 1259, English historian, a monk of St. Albans. He became the historiographer of the convent after the death (c.1236) of Roger of Wendover. The…
(Encyclopedia) Commune of Paris, insurrectionary governments in Paris formed during (1792) the French Revolution and at the end (1871) of the Franco-Prussian War. In the French Revolution, the…
(Encyclopedia) school of Paris. The center of international art until after World War II, Paris was a mecca for artists who flocked there to participate in the most advanced aesthetic currents of…
(Encyclopedia) Paris, Treaty of, any of several important treaties, signed at or near Paris, France.
For the Treaty of Paris of 1856, see Paris, Congress of. For the Treaty of Paris of 1898,…
(Encyclopedia) Paris, University of, at Paris, France; founded 12th cent., confirmed 1215 by papal bull. The most famous of its colleges was the Sorbonne, which opened in 1253 and gained academic and…
